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KUNC’s In The NoCo is a daily window to the communities along the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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The cost of housing in Colorado’s mountain towns is so expensive, many workers can’t afford rent. One program in Frisco offers an unusual solution – a parking lot that allows people to park and sleep in their vehicles.
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Education leaders across Colorado are grappling with how to respond to the Trump administration's immigration policies. They recently got help from a Nebraska superintendent who saw his own community shaken by an immigration raid two decades ago. He shares the lessons he learned, and his advice for educators in the months ahead.
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Galeton Elementary School will be closed the entire week due to an incident at an oil well in Weld County.
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President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has withdrawn her nomination. The move follows revelations that nominee Kathleen Sgamma, who has ties to Denver, criticized the Republican president in 2021 for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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A glut of unused office space in downtown Denver could be transformed into affordable living units. That’s according to a recent study that looked at converting empty office space to increase the available housing in the city. We explore that proposal, on today’s In The NoCo.
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A 0.5% fee would be imposed under House Bill 1302 on every home insurance policy in Colorado, unless a house meets certain wildfire mitigation standards
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The school closings are a way for the district to address declining enrollment.
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Under pressure from survivors and lawmakers, Colorado struggling to address huge delays in evidence testing.
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Colorado was long considered a haven for gender-affirming care. But under this Trump administration, hospitals in the state have limited the treatments available for people under 19. Some services have been restored, but trans youth and their families say the state isn’t the rock they thought it was.
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Environmentalists decried the move, but some in the timber industry say this could boost the economy and prevent fires.
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A new study reveals snow in the Rocky Mountains is contaminated with mercury and other metals, and that pollution has historic causes.
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Much of southern Arizona and New Mexico are expected to see above average potential for wildfire in April.
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The Trump administration wants to speed up data center construction to support the rise of the artificial intelligence industry.
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The percentage of adults in the West who say they’ve been personally affected by an extreme weather event, including wildfires and high heat, jumped 13% in the last two years.
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